MATTHEW 22:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. The transition from the parables to the controversy dialogues: the Pharisees shift from listening to plotting. The entangle in his words is the legal-trap strategy that the next three questions will attempt — questions about taxes, resurrection, and the greatest commandment.
Church Fathers on Matthew 22:14
Forasmuch as He had said, And it shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof,' He now proceeds to shew what nation that is.
'Answered,' that is, meeting their evil thoughts of putting Him to death.
This parable is related only by Matthew. Luke gives one like it, but it is not the same, as the order shews.
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